Congress is not anyone’s ‘private company’: Gagan Thapa

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Gagan Kumar Thapa has strongly asserted that the party does not belong to anyone as a “private company,” responding sharply to disciplinary actions taken against him and other leaders by the party’s leadership.

Addressing the closing session of the ongoing Special General Convention at Bhrikutimandap, Thapa emphasized that no one can remove them from the party by mere decree.

“We have heard about the disciplinary actions against us. This party is not anyone’s private company,” Thapa said. “I have been with Congress since ninth grade, participated in the 2046 movement, and even led the 2062/63 movement. No one can remove us just by saying so.”

Commenting on the NC central committee’s decision to expel two general secretaries and a co-general secretary, Thapa asked rhetorically, “Did you remove me from my own house? This is not anyone’s private firm.”

Thapa also admitted that he had not fully understood the party president Sher Bahadur Deuba’s proposal, revealing that Deuba had met him that morning and suggested that he could contest for the party presidency during the regular convention in Baisakh.

He urged the public and party members not to worry about his or Vishwprakash Sharma’s political future, stating, “There is no need to be concerned about us. We are ready to take risks for the party’s reform.”

Highlighting support from various sectors calling on him to contest elections, Thapa claimed that his political base remains strong.